Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to enlighten the problems that come with the society's digital growth.As young people spend more and more time online and on social media, the violations occurring in the physical environment become less and instead become more common in this new environment, which is the internet.Today, the The National Agency for Education has developed rules that require the school to take action if a student becomes a victim of cyber bullying, whether it happens in school or outside of the school.The National Agency for Education has discovered that schools now a days work too reactively, and that no action is taken before something happens.Through a qualitative study, in the form of interviews, we wanted to get a deeper understanding of the students in grade eight perspective on how the school is currently working towards prevent cyber bullying.We believer that the students are the source of what is happening online and their perceptions and experiences are important in order to develop preventive plans against cyber bullying.The result shows that students are quite unaware whether there are rules or not when it comes to cyber bullying. However, they feel more confident about rules relating the physical environment.The students continue to explain that there are a few things that make them hesitate in their decision,turning to teachers if cyber bullying would occur. They explain the reasons, such as lack of trust, not feeling safe and communication difficulties.